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  • Reducing tobacco retail availability: counterarguments to industry claims

    … Government’s Discussion Document outlines an Action Plan for the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal and proposes … customers exiting convenience stores in Dunedin found that only 14% of transactions contained tobacco, and most tobacco … group that represents Imperial Tobacco and British American Tobacco (BAT), among numerous other major …
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  • Preventing diabetes: What does the latest modelling evidence tell us about health gains and cost savings?

    … inequalities, and save billions in health sector costs for NZ. In 2013-2014, it was estimated that around 5.5% of NZ … and high blood glucose during pregnancy affecting the fetus [2]. People with diabetes have a substantially … in health system costs (albeit spread out over the life-time of the cohort and without discounting). There are also …
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  • Expanding the Definition of Tobacco Harm Reduction: A Mindset Change to Help Achieve a Smokefree Aotearoa

    … tobacco harm reduction will likely support realisation of the Smokefree Aotearoa Goal, this approach is often narrowly … limits (most countries), requiring vehicle ignition locks for recidivist drunk drivers (used in NZ), relatively lower … by Indigenous peoples. These approaches consider harm not only to users and their health (including impacts on agency …
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  • Likely rise in invasive strep infections in NZ requires a strategy

    … is a common cause of sore throats and skin infections in children. In rare cases the bacteria can invade deeper into the body, causing severe, … to control disease spread and provide a robust basis for effective surveillance to identify changes in iGAS …
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  • Avoidable hospitalisations: Helping our health system get through COVID-19

    … intense public health controls to eradicate COVID-19 from the country – we must also plan for other scenarios where thousands of New Zealanders are … use. 7 How can we reduce non-COVID-19 ED use? So in the time of COVID-19, when every significant effort needs to be …
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  • Slight drop in youth vaping but stark ethnic disparities remain

    … youth vaping trends in Aotearoa New Zealand. Although the prevalence of youth vaping has declined slightly, it … international study included Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) for the first time in 2023 and showed less than one in five … overall population figures mask substantial inequities. Second, studies show that youth vaping remains much higher in …
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  • The rise and rise of specialist vape stores: Time for the Government to act

    … concentration of vape stores in CBD areas has led to calls for the Government to restrict vape store numbers and … and KFC outlets, arguing that these stores were “only a small subset of the total number of fast-food outlets … responses ( here and here ). Vaping products gained endorsement from the Ministry of Health because of their …
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  • Food and beverage taxes for a healthier diet: The Pacific experience

    … Summary Across Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ), the Pacific and globally we are seeing a growing impact of … on chronic disease is alarming and even more so for its significant cost and equity implications. Indeed, … in the Pacific (and elsewhere). 15 For example, following American Samoa’s approach (excise tax and import tariff on …
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  • Public Health at the Movies: A Selection of 35 Top Movies

    … 35 high quality movies as part of public health teaching for medical students. In this blog post we detail the movies and reflect on some of the aspects that make them …
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  • Protecting hapu māmā and newborn babies through immunisation during pregnancy in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … pregnancy and in early life. Despite being recommended for many years, fewer mothers receive pertussis (48% in 2020) … in Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) than in Australia and the United States. Importantly, although the risk of these … will improve maternal immunisation as having targets only for childhood immunisation could divert attention away …
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